Man killed by Orange officer, police say

June 12, 2013

Updated Aug. 21, 2013 1:17 p.m.

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A member of the Orange County Sheriff's Department crime lab records measurements and details during an investigation of a shooting by an officer that fatally wounded a man in the 2100 block of North Shaffer Street in Orange. BRUCE CHAMBERS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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The 2100 block of North Shaffer Street, Orange, was closed to traffic Wednesday morning as investigators probed a shooting by an officer. An Orange police officer shot and fatally wounded a man early Wednesday, officials said. Police said the man had a knife. BRUCE CHAMBERS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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An evidence mark sits on the curb Wednesday near where an officer shot and fatally wounded a man who police say was wielding a knife. BRUCE CHAMBERS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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An Orange police officer guards the entrance to a home after a man was shot by police. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER

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The 2100 block of North Shaffer Street, Orange, was cordoned off as officials investigated an early-morning fatal shooting. Police say a man wielding a knife was shot by an officer and later died at a hospital. BRUCE CHAMBERS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Investigators speak to a resident near where a man was fatallly shot by a police officer in Orange. BRUCE CHAMBERS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Orange police officers manned a mobile command post in the 2100 block of North Shaffer Street on Wednesday morning after a fatal shooting. BRUCE CHAMBERS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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A man was fatally shot on Shaffer Street around 2 a.m. Wednesday by an Orange police officer, according to officials. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER

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Members of the Orange County Sheriff's Department crime lab record measurements and details during an investigation of a fatal shooting by an officer. BRUCE CHAMBERS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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The man shot by a police officer was taken to a hospital in critical condition and was later pronounced dead, officials said. As is the usual practice for officer-involved shootings, the District Attorney's Office will investigate. BRUCE CHAMBERS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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An Orange police detective talks with officers after a man was shot in the 2100 block of Shaffer Street around 2 a.m. Wednesday. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition and later died. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER

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A man was shot in front of a residence in Orange by police officers responding to a call of a man with a knife, officials said. The man later died. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER

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An Orange police detective and an Orange police officer talk after a man was shot on Shaffer Street around 2 a.m. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER

A member of the Orange County Sheriff's Department crime lab records measurements and details during an investigation of a shooting by an officer that fatally wounded a man in the 2100 block of North Shaffer Street in Orange. BRUCE CHAMBERS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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